The stories of these internally displaced persons (IDPs), filled with personal loss and resilience, highlight the urgent need for legal and state interventions
Imphal/Bishnupur/Churachandpur Driving along pockmarked roads flanked by vast open fields in Bishnupur, you eventually arrive at a cluster of old government buildings. These structures, once vibrant with the energy of school and college students, now serve a sombre purpose - housing thousands of internally displaced people affected by the ethnic clashes in Manipur over the past year. Signs above doorways display class names and sections, a poignant reminder of what these spaces used to represent – a future, hope and aspiration.
Nekgilal Suantak, who fled through jungles to escape the violence, at a relief camp in Churachandpur. (HT PHOTO)